Interviews & Portraits
Tribute to Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)
“What is fashion? It is what is going out of fashion. Tout est là.” His body bore the marks of a long life, but his mind remained bright, and Henri Dutilleux ...
Carolin Widmann, Artist of the year ICMA 2013
“This is torture. It looks glamorous from the outside, but why do you want to do this?” ICMA: A violinist is to find his own personal sound, on the violin this ...
Tribute to János Starker
János Starker. The great Hungarian-born American cellist has died on 28th April 2013 at the age of 88. The musician, who made a landmark in the history of interpretation, was ...
Aldo Ciccolini, Lifetime Achievement ICMA Award 2013
ICMA : This evening you are playing Liszt’s transcription of Isolde’s Liebestod. When did you first come into contact with the music of Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’? Aldo Ciccolini : In the opera ...
Juan Francisco Gatell, tenor
“Everybody sees opera singers like Pavarotti, dressed the same. We are normal people!” ResMusica: What events triggered you to become a tenor? Juan Francisco Gatell: There were no musicians in my family, ...
Tribute to Marie-Claire Alain
Further to her early studies in Saint-Germain, she became a student of Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé, from whom she obtained a first prize in five classes at the Conservatoire ...
Baiba Skride, violonist
“In a competition, most important is having a strong personality.” ResMusica : You have been awarded the Grand Prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium in 2001. How have you been through ...
Audite, label of the year 2013
"Right now we are considering stopping streaming altogether" ResMusica : You have won the "Label of the Year" of the International Classical Music Awards 2013, what does this award mean to ...
Rémy Franck, President of the Jury of ICMA 2013 thanks the Milan Symphony Orchestra
The Jury’s President of the International Classical Music Awards, Rémy Franck, thanks the Milan Symphony Orchestra « Giuseppe Verdi » for the ospitality during the 2013 Edition of ICMA. Watch the ...
Riccardo Chailly: Happy Birthday, Maestro!
ResMusica: Maestro Chailly, you can choose not to answer this first question : Will you be a candidate to replace Sir Simon Rattle in Berlin in 2018? Riccardo Chailly: Obviously I ...
Alisa Weilerstein in Paris
"The programming is conservative and stuck" ResMusica: Your debut album features the concerto by Elgar, whose discography has been dominated by Jacqueline Du Pré since she recorded it in 1965. Daniel ...
